Varanasi panchang, 17 July 2024
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 15:14 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:00 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:45
- 07:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:54 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:49 to 05:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 21:03
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 03:12 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 07:03
- Karana Vanija until 08:54, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 08:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:45
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:55 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:55
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:19 – 03:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:19 – 03:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:03 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:19 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:00 – 08:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:00 – 05:19 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:18 Gemini
- 05:18 – 07:36 Cancer
- 07:36 – 09:50 Leo
- 09:50 – 12:03 Virgo
- 12:03 – 14:19 Libra
- 14:19 – 16:36 Scorpio
- 16:36 – 18:41 Sagittarius
- 18:41 – 20:26 Capricorn
- 20:26 – 21:57 Aquarius
- 21:57 – 23:25 Pisces
- 23:25 – 01:03 next day Aries
- 01:03 – 03:00 next day Taurus
- 03:00 – 05:14 next day Gemini
- 05:14 – 05:19 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method